The Republican journal., 1887-06-02
Letter from Sarat0ga.
sARATOGA'S SPRINGS. EN- ROUTE TO
THE SPA. BOSTON'S BIG BORES. AT MT. Nc
GREGOR. TIE RIGHT WORTHY GRAND LODGE.

! SAMPLING sARATOGA's SPRINGS. EN- ROUTE TO
THE SPA. BOSTON'S BIG BOKES. AT MT. NC
GREGOR. THE RIGHT WORTHY GRAND LODGE.
Correspondence of the Journal.l
| SARATOGA SPA, N. Y, May %. i believe "Spa'
is what they call 1t when they put style, Spa
it Is l am here and still live, notwithstanding /
have been indulging in Saratoga water-I came
near writing 1t "salaeratus water" and really
wouldn't have been much out of the way II had,
for it resembles that mixture as nearly as anything
l can describe. ! have done my best to drink it,
Oh the principle of suffering Inconvenience that
good may come from it, and the boy takes castor
| oil, but with a mental reservation and an inter-
nal opposition every time. 1t takes me five minutes
to get outside of one glass, while old habitUes dis
| pose of from two to five in the same time. l fear /
shall never become acclimatcd to Saratoga Springs
water In common parlancc it tastes nasty.
| l started from Belfast May Goth, to attend the
session of Right Worthy c. l.. OF Good Templars,
which opened here the oath ult., and will continue
well into this week 1t will take an even two weeks
| for the trip.
| The weather until Saturday and to-day, Sunday,
has been warm and fine, but splendid rain has
been falling the past 4s hours, which hope has
reached Maine and broken the drouth. This vicini-
ty was suffering well for RAIN though occasional
showers prevailed. Vegetation here is about ten
days in advance of Belfast the trees, etc, being
row in full leaf and bloom.
The trip here was embarrassing except the run
| through the Hoosac Tunnel, which is an expert
ence one accepts according to his makeup. The
tunnel is bored through the Hoosac mountains a
distance of four miles, and it took nine minutes
for the train to run through it. While en- route and
| enwrappcd IN "Cimmcrian darkness" Il think
| that's the right kind of darkncssf not ask Dyer,
he knows one does not want to cositate on what
might be the result of collision. Imagine riding
In tunnel underground from Belfast postolice to
| belmont corner and you catch on to the distance.
It's a huge bore, and by the way, believe Boston
and Boston of course means Massachusetts-can
boast of the three biggest pores in existence viz,
to wit: as the lawyers say: The Hoosac Tunnel,
Ben. Butler and Ru6dygorc
Yes took in REidygore of course, and as it was
the last evening it on the boards Of Boston,
l think may say was in at the death, for don't
believe it will survive another 1t is vastly
inferior to Pmafore, and barring few pretty
| faces and costumes, and the transformation scene
| which is very good, there is nothing in it.
We visited Mt. McGregor Wednesday, the scene
of Gen. Grants last days. 1t is a very cool and
pleasant location with n fine inland view, the
mountain being portion of the Adirondack range.
The rooms In the DreNcl cottage where Gen. Grant
died are kept in the condition they were left and
are annually visited by thousands OF tourists.
| The gay season here has not yet begun ans! most
of the huge hotels are closed. They open about
the middle of June and run three months, during
which time the population of Saratoga is said to
be at least 10000. Its resident population is l, 200.
IT has some fine streets elegantly shaded, and its
mineral springs can be counted by the score. But
few of them are open. Admission ) cts and all
the water You can drink.
Our temperance session has been attended by
over 200 delegates from all quarters of the globe
and includes Yankees, Swedes, Indians, English,
| Norwegians Negroes, SC. &c. Among the speeches
yesterday one by a Swcdc and one iy Il Nor
wegan, both of which were translated by an inter
prefer. The great event of the meeting has been
entirely consunmatcd--a union of the two branches
of our Order which have been working apart fo,
ten years. 1t is now one, and a world wide order
of Good Templars under one Right Worthy Grand
| Lodge, numbering over half million members
| located in every civilized part of the earth.
Maine takes prominent position, being the third
| largest Grand Lodge in the world and was repre-
sentcd here by a full delegation including Nelson
Dinglcy Jr., A. j. Chase, n. +. Woodbury., Mrs II
e. Munson Mrs. j.. &. Darlington and myself.
There is yet large amount of business to transact
and perhaps most of the week will be occupied
The next session will be held at Chicago in May,
| t,uly